abettor

Definition

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.

Etymology

From Middle English abettour, from Anglo-Norman abettour, from Old French abeter + -our (“-or”). See abet.

Example Sentences

• "Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd! Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud:"
• "[…] when he recollected that, being there as an assistant, he actually seemed—no matter what unhappy train of circumstances had brought him to that pass—to be the aider and abettor of a system which filled him with honest disgust and indignation, he loathed himself […]"